★首位登上滚石杂志封面的电音艺人，知名舞曲杂志Mixmag盛讚为当今最呛辣的天才DJ，连夺四届朱诺音乐奖「年度最佳舞曲录音」大奖写下纪录 ★首张双碟概念大作旋风攻佔包括10国冠军在内的57国iTunes榜TOP 10 ★连续三首单曲“Avaritia”、“Seeya”、“Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer”抢滩全美舞曲榜TOP 25 造型独特、名字有趣，鑽研Progressive House领域的deadmau5，被英国知名舞曲杂志Mixmag盛讚为「当今最呛辣的天才DJ」。他在「百大DJ」排行榜中人气始终不坠，2008年初登场就高居第11名，创下百大DJ排名史上首度入榜的最佳成绩，还曾跨界混音Foo Fighters、Rage Against The Machine、Nine Inch Nails等摇滚名团的作品。2008-2011年连续勇夺四届朱诺音乐奖「年度最佳舞曲录音」肯定，是获颁该奖项最多次的艺人，格莱美奖也入围五次之多。2012年写下首位电音艺人登上滚石杂志封面的纪录！ 化名deadmau5的鬼才Joel Thomas Zimmerman，年少时就相当热衷电脑科技，他在录音室中所运用的高科技音乐软体和舞台上酷炫的声光设备，不仅吸引许多艺人/乐团的注意，更改变过去DJ界强调个人选曲风格和气氛营造的文化，加上表演时戴上显眼的大型卡漫造型老鼠头罩，都成为deadmau5的独特风格。不像一般DJ狂出混音特辑，反而积极创作原创音乐，deadmau5自2005年开始于独立厂发行专辑，处女秀『Get Scraped』涉及IDM、Ambient、Downtempo、Noise Pop、Trip Hop等音乐风格，尽现高超延展性；2008年的『Random Album Title』一举攻陷英美两大市场。签入主流厂Virgin Records之后，国际视野自此大为开阔，尤其2012年的『> album title goes here <』亮眼写下美国No.6、英国No.9以及英美舞曲榜冠军，入围格莱美「最佳舞曲/电子专辑」大奖喝采！ deadmau5首张双碟大作【while(1<2)】满载25首曲目，旋风攻佔包括10国冠军在内的57国iTunes榜TOP 10，直奔英国金榜TOP 14。包办制作大任的deadmau5精心安排许多新鲜桥段，深入电子国度找寻灿烂花火，并以人类七大原罪当中的傲慢Superbia、嫉妒Invidia、愤怒Ira、怠惰Acedia、贪婪Avaritia、暴食Gula等六罪宗为曲名，唯独少了色慾Luxuria。率先以拿手的Progressive/Electro House为开场的“Avaritia”，中毒般的超强循环电流不断加压，快速沦陷各大夜店，挺入美国舞曲榜TOP 22+英国金榜No.26；原收录于NIN主脑Trent Reznor为How To Destroy Angels打造的EP『An Omen』裡的作品“Ice Age”，deadmau5负责混音的版本宣洩Trip Hop的深沉缓拍，不时穿插异国情调的编曲甚是突出；站上美国舞曲榜前20强的“Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer”，有种过瘾飙车的极速快感；从NIN大碟『Year Zero』抽出之作“Survivalism”，保留摇滚的野性狂妄；美国朋克摇滚团The Material女主唱Colleen D`Agostino站台曲“Seeya”，攀上美国舞曲榜第25名。双碟加总激爆出长达140分钟的过瘾电流！ With big mask (a mouse head) and big ego (Twitter wars, often bites the festival-owning hands that feed him, and enters the Gumball rally with a Ferrari with the Nyan cat meme garishly painted all over it), Deadmau5 aka Joel Thomas Zimmerman is the man EDM haters love to hate, that is, if Skrillex isn't around. It's worth mentioning for history's sake as the superstar producer's 2014 effort, While(1<2), is not nearly as brash or bitter as the man is made out to be, and unless Euro-feeling, easy-strolling EDM numbers that stretch past the eight-minute mark are signs of ego overflow, Deadmau5 comes off as a humble space wanderer on this album trip. If it is a sign of über-ego, then Giorgio Moroder is an a-hole, as are all Moroder-esque moments that appear throughout While(1<2), like the pingy, spaceship disco highlight "Phantoms Can't Hang," which would be a perfect choice if there's ever a Midnight Express 2 movie and soundtrack. "Avaritia" goes cinematically farther and suggests the moody Blade Runner work of Vangelis before it grows into a heads-down club stomper. Bright sequencers arpeggiate like Tangerine Dream getting wistful on "Pets," but it's a Tan Dram to dance to once the light melody and house beat come gleefully into the picture. "Bleed" is an icy moment, and the "Survivalism" remix comes with some serious spite and grit, but the latter is a Nine Inch Nails number included in its Deadmau5 remix, and don't be surprised that a How to Destroy Angels remix ("Ice Age") is here too, because the producer's attitude toward the artist album is fresh and new and includes collaborations, including the post-original recording kind. Even the choice to make this a double album seems to have everything to do with the tracks being longer than usual, and if fans want a version that really makes mom and dad's record player obsolete, the digital edition comes with two megamixes, making this over four hours of the Mau5. Serene and sound and nothing like the gossip blogs infer, While(1<2) is a very good, very restrained, and very inspired Deadmau5 effort. It is a welcome space-walk surprise, recommended for all aspiring EDM astronauts and Ghost in the Shell cast members.